Cynical, but there’s no better way to put it. Building a product is only the first step of a very long journey, a journey that doesn’t always reward the best. In theory, we like to believe that if you matched up two products with identical functionality, the better of the two would win. Key words, “in theory.”

I was reminded of this concept earlier today after a tweet from Dave McClure on the emphasis of product over marketing.

He points to the Valley as the culprit, and indeed it’s more prominent there, but they’re not the only ones. As an industry, we greatly undervalue th